Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-28
STANLEY DEAD.
A Rumor That Stanley was Killed by
Natives in an Effort to Obtain
Supplies.

LONDON, July 22.-The st. Thomas,
West Africa Company, has received a
report saying that Stanley was shot
dead while fighting the natives in an
effort to obtain supplies. Another re-
port to the effect that the steamer, with
the Stanley party on board, was sunk
and that the explorer lost his life by
drowning. The last report comes from
a missionary at q place CALLED Matadi,
who says he received it from q native.
No direct message from the relief expe-
dition has been received.
LATER-The rumor which was given
circulation here yesterday that Henry
NJ. Stanley had lost his life in Africa is
utterly discredited here. The latest
authentic news from him was received
from Arnwimi on the second of June.
1t would be impossible for a native to
afterwards reach Matadi, where the
shooting or drowning is reported to
have occurred, and from there to go to
st. Thomas, where the report comes
from between June and the present.
LONDON, July 22.-The King of the
Belgians has telegraphed to the repre-
sentative of the United Press, in reply
to an inquiry that neither he nor the
Belgian government has any knowledge
of the whereabouts of Mr.. Stanley 9TH
er than conveyed in a dispatch received
reporting his departure from Arnwimi
on June 80. His Majesty feels con-
vinced of the correctness of that report
and gives no credence to the rumor of
the explorers death.
LONDON, July 23.-No one In Lon
don believes of value the report from
Africa concerning Stanley's death. The
papers devote much space to specula-
tion concerning him, but none of them
have any information outside of the
general press reports. Still it is called
to mind that this report was circulated
in London twenty -four hours before the
press report from Africa was received,
and that the news of the death of the
Prince Imperial in Zululand, of that of
Gordon, and of the destruction of Hicks
Pasha and his army were reported in
London several days in advance of any
regular report. One society writer says:
"Stanley has taken advantage of his
exploration trip to Africa to purchase
commanding sites and large tracts of
rich territory. which he got of course
for mere song. He feels sure that later
on his outlay will be repaid ten-fold,
and to make the assurance doubly sure,
he took the precaution of having written
agreements, testified to by white wit
nesses.
A dispatch from st. Paul De Leanda
says:
The Stanley Expedition arrived May
% at the confluence of the Arnwhimi
and the Congo, between Bangalas sta
ton and Stanley Falls. The Fotilla
carried 450 men. Only few were ill
Stanley made camp on the heights
bordering the right bank Of the Arm
whiFni, commanding the surrounding
country. The weather was fine, and
the prospects of reviculating favorable
On June 2, Stanley started for Wadlai
with an escort of hve European officers
and $50 men, leaving the remainder un-
der an officer in the camp on Arnwhimi.
At Roma it was thought it would take
Stanley two months to reach Waldlai
or meet Emin Bey's camp. 1t was ex-
pected that the steamer Stanley, whose
engines were greatly strained by the
difficult passage up the river, would be
able to start June on its return tC
Leopoldville, where she would repair
She would then reascend the river tC
Arnwhimi with the stores left at Stan.
ley Pool and the men left at Bolobo un.
der Captain Barttellot.